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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2010
Hrishikesh G. Kulkarni, Bangalore, IN;
Prithvi Ranganath, Bangalore, IN;
Raghuram Belur, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Lakshmipathy, Bangalore, IN;
Hrishikesh G. Kulkarni, Bangalore, IN;
Prithvi Ranganath, Bangalore, IN;
Raghuram Belur, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Lakshmipathy, Bangalore, IN;
LifeSize Communications, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Performing a videoconference. The videoconference may be established at a first videoconferencing location between at least three videoconferencing locations. The locations may include the first location, a second location, and a third location. The first location may maintain a plurality of videoconferencing units and the second and third locations may each maintain a single videoconferencing unit. A first videoconferencing unit of the first location acts as a multipoint control unit (MCU) of the videoconference. The MCU may receive respective videoconferencing information from each videoconferencing unit of the videoconference. The MCU may provide active videoconferencing information of an active participant to ones of the videoconferencing units at the second and third locations corresponding to non-active participants. The MCU may provide second and third videoconference information from the videoconferencing units of the second and third locations for presentation at the first location. This provision may be performed independently of the active participant.